Exception.Source Property
Updated: October 2009
Gets or sets the name of the application or the object that causes the error.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentException | The object must be a runtime System.Reflection object. |
The following code example throws an Exception that sets the Source property in its constructor and then catches the exception and displays Source.
// Example for the Exception.HelpLink, Exception.Source, // Exception.StackTrace, and Exception.TargetSite properties. using System; namespace NDP_UE_CS { // Derive an exception; the constructor sets the HelpLink and // Source properties. class LogTableOverflowException : Exception { const string overflowMessage = "The log table has overflowed."; public LogTableOverflowException( string auxMessage, Exception inner ) : base( String.Format( "{0} - {1}", overflowMessage, auxMessage ), inner ) { this.HelpLink = "http://msdn.microsoft.com"; this.Source = "Exception_Class_Samples"; } } class LogTable { public LogTable( int numElements ) { logArea = new string[ numElements ]; elemInUse = 0; } protected string[ ] logArea; protected int elemInUse; // The AddRecord method throws a derived exception if // the array bounds exception is caught. public int AddRecord( string newRecord ) { try { logArea[ elemInUse ] = newRecord; return elemInUse++; } catch( Exception e ) { throw new LogTableOverflowException( String.Format( "Record \"{0}\" was not logged.", newRecord ), e ); } } } class OverflowDemo { // Create a log table and force an overflow. public static void Main() { LogTable log = new LogTable( 4 ); Console.WriteLine( "This example of \n Exception.Message, \n" + " Exception.HelpLink, \n Exception.Source, \n" + " Exception.StackTrace, and \n Exception." + "TargetSite \ngenerates the following output." ); try { for( int count = 1; ; count++ ) { log.AddRecord( String.Format( "Log record number {0}", count ) ); } } catch( Exception ex ) { Console.WriteLine( "\nMessage ---\n{0}", ex.Message ); Console.WriteLine( "\nHelpLink ---\n{0}", ex.HelpLink ); Console.WriteLine( "\nSource ---\n{0}", ex.Source ); Console.WriteLine( "\nStackTrace ---\n{0}", ex.StackTrace ); Console.WriteLine( "\nTargetSite ---\n{0}", ex.TargetSite ); } } } } /* This example of Exception.Message, Exception.HelpLink, Exception.Source, Exception.StackTrace, and Exception.TargetSite generates the following output. Message --- The log table has overflowed. - Record "Log record number 5" was not logged. HelpLink --- http://msdn.microsoft.com Source --- Exception_Class_Samples StackTrace --- at NDP_UE_CS.LogTable.AddRecord(String newRecord) at NDP_UE_CS.OverflowDemo.Main() TargetSite --- Int32 AddRecord(System.String) */
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